THERE was widespread panic in Owerri, capital of Imo State, on Sunday as security operatives discovered bombs planted in the premises of a branch of Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith World Bible Church, a.k.a. Winners Chapel.
The discovery forced the church to shift its Sunday worship from its location along Port Harcourt Road to Heroes’ Square, near Concord Hotel.
Governor Rochas Okorocha said it would have been disastrous if the bombs had not been deactivated before they went off.
“The bombs had the capacity to go within 500 meters range and would have been a disaster if they had exploded as the church where it was planted is located at a densely populated area of the state,” the governor said, according to a statement by his Special Senior Assistant in charge of the media, Jane Amucha.
Two Improvised Explosive Devices were said to have been planted at the entrance of the church overnight and timed to explode at 8.00am on Sunday, when worship service would have gone underway.
The Winners Chapel is a popular Pentecostal church that draws large membership.
Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mr. Abdulmajid Ali, confirmed the development and said six suspects had been arrested in connection with the plot to bomb the church.
The CP said his men in the bomb disposal unit of the command had deactivated the bombs, while investigations had commenced into the matter.
Source: The Punch
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